Arsenio Baldizon

Arsenio Baldizon (1877-1918) was a Mexican Army general who fought in the Mexican Revolution of 1911. He supported the government of Ignacio Sanchez, and even after Sanchez was deposed, Baldizon continued to fight in his name. He fought in the Battles of Nosalida.

Biography
Baldizon was born in Nuevo Paraiso in northern Mexico to an aristocratic family, and became a soldier in the Mexican army. Arsenio Baldizon rose to the rank of General by 1911, when the Mexican Revolution broke out. He was tasked with the capture of Nosalida from Abraham Reyes' Mexican Rebels, but could not break through until American outlaw hunter John Marston stopped by and helped out. The Rebels in the city were eradicated, but the rebels continued to retake the city, and the Mexican Army had daily shootouts with Reyes' army. Even after the dictator Sanchez was overthrown, Baldizon continued fighting, well into 1914.

In 1918, Baldizon was forced to surrender to the new government. President Venustiano Carranza had him and many other former Porfirio Diaz/Ignacio Sanchez supporters executed, and Baldizon was shot in the back of the head by a policeman while in a car driving through the capital city. His execution was followed by many other murders.